Whitewright Red Cross Drive to Seek $500 Quota
Mrs. E F Everheart chairs the Red Cross roll call with $500 quota for Whitewright area including Pilot Grove Bethel Canaan and Kentuckytown. A long list of workers coordinates drives in schools and communities with Van Alstyne reporting success at $500 before official opening.
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E. F. Everheart
Whitewright
American Red Cross
Everheart
Allen T. Short
Olivia Whedbee
Mary McGaughey
Emory Christian
Glen Earnheart
Thomas Sears
J. C. McMillin
O. V. Barker
Grover
Vernie Mae Rice
South Whitewright
B. F. Simpson
Pilot Grove
Taylor Autrey
Edgar Bow
Bethel
Homer Sears
Canaan
Pascal Connelly
Kentuckytown
van Alstyne
Durant Hatchery Puts First Bass Into Lake Texoma
Durant Hatchery dumped more than 31 000 black bass into Lake Texoma over the weekend as part of an initial phase toward 75 000 planned to be released. J M Murphree, superintendent, said 100 percent survival is expected and the rest will be added this week with tagged fish to aid study and potential derbies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texoma
Durant Fish Hatchery
J. M. Murphree
Murphree
W. K. Haynie
Durant
Oklahoma Game and Fish Commission
Oklahoma Commission
Colbert Boat Club
Willow Springs Resort
Roosevelt Bridge
Burns Run
Willow Springs
Platters Flats
Nida and
Brown
Government imposes complete leather allocation controls
Washington announces full allocation of February cattle hides calf skins and kids to ensure equitable distribution for shoes gloves belts and other items while denying imminent civilian shoe rationing. NPA to start a large tool making program for defense and will allocate 90 percent of February output with 10 percent held for adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Prowler Caught At Katy Depot
A man was arrested about 4 30 a m at the Katy depot by Officers Henry Hassler and Sim Hassler as he tried to break into the depot or a railroad car. He refused to identify himself and was turned over to Sheriff Woody Blanton, who sent his fingerprints to Washington to check for a criminal record. The suspect wore two suits and carried a gunny sack reputed to hold loot, which he claimed was for weather protection. This marked the second foiled burglary at the depot by the Whitewright officers, following a prior attempt on the depot safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
Henry Hassler
Sim Hassler
Woody Blanton
Whitewright
Local Girl to Be TSCW Redbud Princess
Denton Texas State College for Women will host the 13th Redbud Festival on March 16 and 17 with over 100 Redbud Princesses led by Betty Lucille Blackerby of Whitewright. A Redbud Queen will be chosen and crowned on March 17.
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Denton
Texas State College For Women
Betty Lucille Blackerby
Alva Blackerby
Whitewright
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions Acknowledged This Week
The Sun lists subscription payments received this week from a long roster of individuals including W. M. Mullins W. M. Gates Grover B. Smith Co. J. Meador E. F. Cole W. D. Williams E. O. Thomas J. O. Wallace Sam Golden J. W. Cantrell Rev. W. W. Alverson H. M. DeBerry I. M. Fulton W. S. Giles and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Mullins
W. M. Gates
Grover B. Smith
J. Meador
E. F. Cole
W. D. Williams
E. O. Thomas
J. O. Wallace
Sam Golden
J. W. Cantrell
W. W. Alverson
H. M. DeBerry
I. M. Fulton
W. S. Giles
Tommie Chenoweth
John K. Hynds
W. F. Holland Findley Haile
Panel Warns Gangs Could Wreck U S
Senate crime committee reports mobsters use crime and gambling profits to fund an underground government. It identifies Charles Lucky Luciano as a key figure based abroad and cites Mafia and Black Hand networks in the United States. The 35 page preliminary study estimates billions in illegal gambling handled yearly and notes corruption to appease officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Senate Crime Committee
Ezar
Italy
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
New York
Most Educated Policeman Retires After 28 Years
Edwin D. Flanders, described as the most educated policeman in the United States, retires after 28 years as a patrolman in Boston. He holds a BA from Portia Law School, a Bachelor of Literary Interpretation from Emerson College, and a Doctor of Laws from Boston University, saying he enjoyed the beat and may write a book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
United States
Edwin D. Flanders
Injunction Suit Hearing Continued For Manor Baking Co
The Manor Baking Company suit against Whitewright was postponed to next Saturday due to the attorney’s illness. The temporary restraining order remains in effect, stopping enforcement of the peddling ordinance for the company as it seeks to avoid a $30 city license fee.
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Manor Baking Company
City of
Whitewright
15Th District Court
Wage Rise Opens Path for Increases
The government relaxed the January 25 wage freeze to allow raises up to 10 percent above the January 15 1950 level. Eric Johnston urged quick approval of seven amendments to loosen the wage ceiling further and permit escalator clauses in contracts through June 30, tying increases to living costs and productivity.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
Labor Declares Boycott of Price and Wage Controls
The United Labor Policy Committee ordered its AFL CIO and railroad unions to withdraw from mobilization agencies in protest of wage ceilings and the mobilization program. The move targets the Wage Stabilization Board and advisory committees while threatening strikes across several industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Labor Policy Committee
AFL
CIO
Eric Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
Labor
Johnson
George M. Harrison
Defense Department
Plant Corn Hybrids For Better Yields
Texas tests and farm demonstrations show adapted hybrid corn outyielding open pollinated varieties by 20 to 50 percent. In 1950 4 H and adult demonstrations raised average yields by 11 bushels per acre, mainly due to hybrids. Miller urges wider hybrid acreage and local agent advice on best hybrids for regions.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Agricultural Experiment Stations
E. A. Miller
Texas A. & M. Extension Service
Miller
Gulf Coast
It Makes a Difference Mister Exuberant Dialogue
A playful exchange shows a man feeling young and energetic while Missus counters with a light hearted question about horses or eggs. The snippet captures a brisk domestic banter in a vintage tone.
Retail price rollbacks and margin freeze expand nationwide
Price Stabilization officials unfroze prices on apparel and home goods and kept a margin freeze to enforce a fairer markup. Retailers must adopt the new basis by March 29 and display selling prices by July 1. A second order creates a priority rating system for scarce supplies for maintenance and operations.
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Washington
Michael D. DiSalle
DiSalle
Office of
National Production Authority
Texans see record retail buying in January
Texans set an all time record of buying at retail stores in January. The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reported an unusual after Christmas rush to buy clothes and other non durable goods bringing the greatest spending in history at the retail stores. Even after adjusting for higher prices sales were 2 percent above December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
John R. Stockton
Stockton
President Truman Presses Postal Rate Increases
President Truman asked Congress to raise postal revenues by 361 million dollars yearly by doubling rates on newspapers magazines and advertising circulars and by increasing charges for special delivery registered insured and COD mail He warned that without the increase higher taxes would be needed to balance the budget and noted past subsidies from general revenues to postal users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Post Office Department
Chassis Arrives for New City Fire Truck
The city received a Chevrolet truck chassis from Hasty Chevrolet for conversion into a fire truck. City plans to mount the body and pump from the old unit onto the new chassis, a major operation requiring machine shop work to connect the pump shaft. This marks the first new fire department equipment purchase in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Hasty Chevrolet Company
City Commission
Sun
Rev Guy D Newman Resigns to Lead Brownwood Church
Rev Guy D Newman resigns as assistant to the President of Baylor University in Waco to become pastor of the First Baptist Church of Brownwood effective March 31. He previously led the First Baptist Church of Denison for years and is brother of B W Newman of Whitewright.
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Guy D. Newman
Baylor University
Waco
First Baptist Church of
Brownwood
Mr. Newman
B. W. Newman
Whitewright
Denison
Trenton School Bond Election Set for March 6
Trustees of the Trenton Independent School District order a March 6 election in Trenton to issue bonds totaling 25000 to rebuild the gymnasium destroyed by fire. Bonds would run 20 years with up to 3 percent interest and raise school tax to 1.25 dollars per 100 valuation from 1.00.
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Trenton
Trenton Independent School District
We May Escape War If Summer Arrives in Peace
Washington dispatch reports a cautious hope that a war may be avoided until next summer. Intelligence conflicts over Yugoslavia and Sakhalin, with Russians massing near Japan. NATO style mobilization debates at home as Stalin’s Far East actions prompt warning and reassurance.
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Washington
U. S
Pentagon
Yugoslavia
Sakhalin
Japan
Korea
Ridgway
Marshall
Stalin
Far East
South Korea
All
Asia
Nevada
Russia
Chukotsky Peninsula
Lena River
Manchuria
Kurile
Sakhalin Islands
Mongolian Republic
Bells Receives 73000 for First Sanitary Sewer Project
Bells city officials announced a $73,000 bond sale for the first sanitary sewer project. The funds come from bonds approved last August to build a disposal plant and a townwide sewer network. About 200 connections are expected as bids are prepared and work may begin soon.
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BELLS
City of
J. E. Dopson
Dopson
New Water Main Projects Begin on West Locust and East Whitewright
Scott Engineering Co. of Denison starts a thousand feet of six inch water main on the west end of Locust Street serving Badgett addition and Highway 160 users. Four more blocks of six inch line will follow in East Whitewright. A six inch replacement on South Bend Street awaits State Highway Department paving decisions for the highway 69 alignment between Whitewright and Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locust Street
Scott Engineering Co
Denison
Lena Mae Gowdy
Highway 160
Main Street
Highway Department
South Bend Street
Collins Warns of Possible Activation of Two More Guard Divisions
General J. Lawton Collins told Congress it is wholly possible two additional National Guard divisions could be activated before year end. He added no current plans to mobilize new Guard or major reserve units before July 1 and that any extra Guard divisions would receive at least 30 days notice and be chosen by geography and readiness. He favored expanding the manpower goal beyond 3.5 million and opposed limiting sending 18 year olds overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Congress
Guard
Armed Services
Truman
Tax Hike May Not Come Until Fall
Washington reporters note Republicans blame President Truman for a two-package plan totaling 10 billion now and six and a half billion later while Democrats say the program is too vast to rush. Some members fear action on a tax bill before the new fiscal year July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Truman
Senate
No Rationing Expected, DiSalle Says
Price stabilizer Michael DiSalle stated there is no reason to believe rationing will occur in the near future and that authority rests with the President. He noted Truman has not delegated such authority to any government administration.
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Cleveland
Michael DiSalle
DiSalle
Truman
Truth or Consequences Becomes New Name for Town
One day left to mail letters to Truth or Consequences New Mexico as postmark switches from Hot Springs to the new name on March 1. The change came after a second election. a prior name switch was voided in court. turkey quality factors include flesh finish and pinfeathers.
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N. M
Hot Springs
Postoffice
Postoffice Department
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Red Cross Roll Call
Durant Hatchery
Lake Texoma
Kilgore
Tscw Redbud
U.S
President
Postal
West Locust St
Collins
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